90 



NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



King's Ferry, Cayuga co. 



Quarry of Cusick & Murray is J mile south of King's Ferry. 

 This quarry has been opened 10 years, and produces flagging, 

 curb and cross walks for the towns of Elmira, Waverly, Auburn, 

 Ithaca, and others in New York state. The stone is dark blue, 

 fine grained and easily split to a thickness of 2". Very little 

 dressing is done - except for the curb and cross walks. The 

 product is hauled to King's Ferry station and shipped by the 

 Lehigh Valley railroad. The face of the quarry is 800 feet long 

 in a northwest and southeast direction. The bed of stone is 22" 

 thick and divided by two systems of vertical jointing running 

 northeast and southwest, and northwest and southeast. The 

 vertical joints are from 2 to 60 feet apart. The bed is covered 

 with 14 feet of dirt and 6 feet of shale. Stripping is done by 

 blasting and handled by carts and wagons. In the shale top at 

 the southern end of the quarry a 5" stratum of stone occurs 14" 

 above the top of the main bed. The equipment of quarry 

 includes two derricks (one hand power, one steam power) and a 

 blacksmith shop. 20 men are employed the year round. The 

 output averages 200 cars a year. 



The prices obtained f. o. b. King's Ferry are, 9c to 15c a square 

 foot for flag according to size and thickness; 25c to 30c a linear 

 foot for 20" curb; rock, 3c to 4c an inch per square foot. 



Goodyears, Cayuga co. 



J. G. Barger quarries flagging and building stone on a small 

 scale here. The quarry was worked very little during the sum- 

 mer of 1900. 



Trumansburg, Tompkins co. 



Cusick & Murray are operating a quarry near Halseyville 2 

 miles west of Trumansburg on south side of Taughannock creek. 

 The product is chiefly flagging, and is sold at the same points as 

 the stone from the King's Ferry quarry. Three beds are being- 

 worked, separated by beds of shale. 15 to 18 feet of soil and 4 

 feet of shale cover the top bed, which is 4 feet thick. Between 

 the top and middle bed which is 2 feet thick are 6 feet of shale. 

 Then come 4 feet more of shale and a bed of stone 2 feet thick. 



